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Patrick Leahy: “The administration has made it a practice to deny oversight cooperation to Congress. The stonewalling in the prison…”

On the recordJune 21, 2004
The administration has made it a practice to deny oversight cooperation to Congress. The stonewalling in the prison abuse scandal has been building to a crisis point.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Senator Leahy's statement on the administration's lack of cooperation with Congress regarding the prison abuse scandal.

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